By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leading in a time of tumultuous change: Our VUCAST world
Eric McNulty, O'Reilly, 2016/06/21
I'm getting tired of reading that we're living in a changing world (or as O'Reilly has it, "volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous"). I think we all know that things are changing. It's nothing Toffler didn't see 40 years ago. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Laptops, Classrooms, and Matters of Electrate Concern
Alex Reid, Digital Digs, 2016/06/16
Alex Reid points to the obvious counterexample to studies claiming that students in classes with laptops do worse than students in classes without: "t someone might conduct a different study wherein the students who brought laptops to class were also allowed to use them during the multiple-choice final." Yes, that might have a different result. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Virtually Connecting the OER Conspiracy Dots
Jim Groom, bavatuesdays, 2016/06/16
There are times I think a lot of OER advocates doesn't really comprehend the benefits of OERs. This is especially the same when OERs are being used in a traditional education setting. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The lasting legacy of the "rocket girls" of JPL
filthy light thief, Metafilter, 2016/06/16
The next time someone tries to tell you girls and women aren't naturally good at math or computing, show them this. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Vivaldi
vivaldi, 2016/06/17
Vivaldi is a web browser 'made for the power user'. "One of the things that makes Vivaldi unique is that it is built on modern web technologies. We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface with the help of Node.js and a long list of NPM modules. Vivaldi is the web built with the web." It looks like it's based on Chrome, and so supports important extensions. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How Ten Key Developments Are Shaping The Future Of Technology-Enabled Learning
TeachOnline.ca, 2016/06/17
Here's the list:
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Learning, Doing, and the Golden Ratio
Stephen Downes, Jun 16, 2016, Workshop, Kapuskasing, Ontario
Workshop I did for staff and others. I mixed two major threads of my recent work: first, the six critical literacies, and second, six 'new trends' in online learning. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Competencies and Learning Objectives
School of Public Health, 2016/06/09
Short 4 page PDF that defines competencies, distinguishes them from learning objectoives, and provides guidance on how to write them. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Before We Were Connected: How To Achieve a Statewide Professional Learning Network
Katrina Keene, EdSurge, 2016/06/09
Interesting accounbt of how Katrina Keene created an ed tech professional learning network (PLN) in Tennessee. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Gates Foundation failures show philanthropists shouldn’t be setting America's public school agenda
Editorial, L.A. Times, 2016/06/09
So this is interesting. Contained in a recent report we read "This has been a challenging lesson for us to absorb, but we take it to heart. The mission of improving education in America is both vast and complicated, and the Gates Foundation doesn’t have all the answers." The L.A. Times draws the appropriate conclusion. More...
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